Salesforce.com Seeks
Revenue-Sharing Pacts

By

Vauhini Vara

Updated Dec. 12, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

Salesforce.com Inc. announced that it will help other firms sell online services through its Salesforce.com Web site in exchange for a slice of their revenue, as the company looks for new ways to grow.

The San Francisco company was a pioneer of what became known as "software as a service," letting companies keep track of their customers using a Web site rather than programs from the likes of Microsoft Corp. and SAP AG that...